Awards, honors for Lehigh Valley residents

Michael Fischer, CLU, ChFC, AIF, CASL, President & CEO of Client 1st Financial, LLC of Fogelsville,, a member of Signator Investors, Inc., powered by John Hancock Financial Network, has qualified for the ACE Platinum Award. The award is one of the highest honors that Signator bestows on financial professionals within the national network. ACE stands for "Achieving Client Excellence." This marks the sixteenth time that Fischer, a Signator Hall of Fame member, has qualified for the ACE award.

Laura Bieber of Coopersburg, a senior public administration major and political science minor at Kutztown is working for the Pennsylvania Department of State as part of a 15-week internship sponsored by Pennsylvania's State System of Higher Education. She is one of 13 students participating in The Harrisburg Internship Semester (THIS) program, which provides students the opportunity to work in all areas of state government while earning a full semester's worth of credits. THIS invites students from each of the State System universities to participate.

Jill Ahearn of the Slate Belt YMCA, Lucy Flynn State Farm Agent from Wind Gap, both being sponsored by Valerie Noble of ESSA Bank and Bill McGlone of The Bangor Market who was sponsored by Jim Dickerson were recently inudcted into The Rotary Club of the Slate.

Bucks County Realtor® Todd Polinchock was recently installed as the 2015 President Elect of the Pennsylvania Association of Realtors®. A Realtor® for 12 years, Polinchock works with Keller Williams in Doylestown. He was the 2009 president of the Bucks County Association of Realtors® and the chair of the Suburban Realtors® Alliance. At the state level, Polinchock serves on the Executive, Legislative, and Strategic Oversight committees. He previously served as the chair of the Finance Committee and fundraising chair for the Realtors® Political Action Committee.

SuAnn Chen, MD, medical director, Brain Injury Program, Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Network, has been recently certified in brain injury medicine by the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. She is among the first group of physicians in the country to have attained this credential. She is a member of the American Academy of PM&R, the Association of Academic Physiatrists, the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine, the International Brain Injury Association, the Brain Injury Association of Pennsylvania, the Pennsylvania Medical Society and the American Medical Association.